Fangames being sold?

[HylianDev]

The cases mentioned above -- app store knockoffs -- tend to not be fangames in the traditional sense. They seem to be less about paying homage to the original series, and more about exploiting consumers to make a quick buck.

But there are fangame developers who have tried to become profitable in other ways. Exploding Rabbit used to have forums, they probably had ads. Heck, even MFGG has ads (though I don't assume that there's a lot of profit to be had there, it probably just pays for the server & domain). ER has since moved onto indie games I think.

Seems like I heard about fangame developers starting Patreons to fund their work, also.

I would warn anyone against doing this, though. Nintendo has been really strict about the existence of fangames at all; if there's profit involved, even if it's seemingly only adjacent to your fangames, you could land in some serious hot water, and it would permanently ruin your life. Just look at what's happening to the LoveROMs guys.

Hylian's day job, little did we know, was saying controversial things on the internet.

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Bibby Team